Ski Mountaineering
The team of the Olympic Sports Center Army has won the 2013 edition of the trophy Mezzalama, one of the most important ski-touring races at international level which was held today on the glaciers between the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa. Manfred Reichegger, Damiano Lenzi and Matteo Eydallin finished the race in 4h 16 '37 ", pulling a minute the team favored date for the eve. Choosing the Foundation Mezzalama Trophy to move the date of the start of the nineteenth edition has , proved apt: three hundred cordate have competed on a perfect day, giving life to an issue unforgettable.
Monday 6 May 2013 6 minutes reading time
The start earlier than thirty minutes to take advantage of favorable weather conditions, has been given by Breuil-Cervinia (2050 m.) At 5:00. With the first light of dawn the stars have left the scene to the shape of the Matterhorn colored red announcing a wonderful day. The team of Manfred Reichegger, Matthew Eydallin, and Damiano Lenzi's Army Sports Centre in Courmayeur immediately took the lead followed by the team of Michael Boscacci, Peter Lanfranchi, and Lorenzo Holzknecht. Behind them chasing the Franco-Spanish consortium favorites Kilian Jornet Burgada, William Bon Mardion and Matheo Jacquemoud. But the Spanish champion was not in the usual form.
The situation of the teams at the top remained unchanged up to the summit of Castor (4226 m.) Achieved in a record time of 2:30 '30'', four minutes less than the record set in 2009. In the ascent to the Nose of Lyskamm (4100 m.), The Franco-Spanish team, driven by the young Jacquemoud, has passed the team Boscacci, Lanfranchi, and Holzknecht. In the long descent towards Gressoney, have also been able to undermine the tread Reichegger, Eydallin, and Lenzi. But the latter, after the passage of the technical Canalino Aquila, have increased the lead up to the finish line of Gressoney-La-Trinité (1650 m.) With a one-minute advantage in the extraordinary time of 4:16 '37 ' '. It can not compare to the record time of 2009 - '22 4:0 '- because this time the second part of the course was lengthened significantly from the control to the Rifugio Sella and the variation on the nose. Completing the podium with 12 minutes of posting the team Boscacci, Lanfranchi, Holzknecht.
Among girls the favorites, Gloriana Pellissier, Mireia Miró and Laetitia Roux have been knocked out already in the ascent to Plateau Rosa from one crisis to the foreman Pellissier pluricampionessa Mezzalama. Have already benefited the Valtellina Laura Besseghini, Raffaella Rossi with thirty young Elena Nicolini, who took command of the race, keeping it to the finish.
This nineteenth edition postponed for a week due to bad weather nailed a sunny day really unexpected. Even the condition of the trail have been favored by the recent snowfall that covered the crevasses and ice outcropping, but they also put a strain on the staff of mountain guides Adriano Favre. Compared to the past, the technical director of the Mezzalama has improved the fluidity of course clobbing traces below the summit of Castor and adopting a variant of the Naso Lysakmm.Tutti direct competitors, one third of the foreign cordate, have admired the excellent work of the organizers confirming that the "marathon of the glaciers" of the Monte Rosa is the best showcase of the mountains of Valle d'Aosta.
Table 1 male. Army Sports Centre - Manfred Reichegger (IT) - Damiano Lenzi (IT) - Matthew Eydallin (IT): 04:16:37 2. La Sportiva - Crazy Idea - William Bon Mardion (FR) - Matheo Jacquemoud (FR) - Kilian Jornet Burgada (ES): 04:17:37 3. Team CAMP / SKI TRAB - Michele Boscacci (IT) - Peter Lanfranchi (IT) - Lorenzo Holzknecht (IT): 04:28:27.
1 female ranking. Team La Sportiva Women - Laura Besseghini (IT) - Raffaella Rossi (IT) - Elena Nicolini (IT): 06:04:14 2. Locatelli / Richard / Cazzanelli - Tatiana Locatelli (IT) - Mireille Richard (CH) - Cazzanelli Alessandra (IT): 07:27:25 3. Team Bandavej KRATOS - Claudia Comello (IT) - Sonia Balbis (IT) - Claudia Stettler (CH): 07:44:04.
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